Car-seal.



.I To. 897,848. BATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

R. 0. PLEINS.

GAR SEAL.

A PPLIUATION FILED NOV.17, 1906.

*imrnn. s'r TEs i Ad'fENT Gama RUDOLPH C. PL'EIXS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AS510 XJR TO WESTERN GAR SEAL COMPANY,

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Be it known that I, RUnoLPn C. PLnIN s,

Minnesota, haveinv'e-nted certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seals, of which ,dthe following is. a specification,

' To this enii .-.=yinw"entioncons i sts in thefea 'tiires'of construi tion and combination here- In the accompanying drawings forming Myinvention relates to improvements in is eals for railway cars, etc., its object being to 'j promde a simple -construction of sea which is not. easily tampered with or possible of'second use.

in'after particula riy described and claimed.

part of this "spec ficatiomFigure 1 is a perspective view of m improved seal, Fig. 2'is .a longitudinalsection of the same, Fig, 3 is 9 an! enlarged-section of the locking ends of. the

Fig. 4 is a plan View of' one end "of the "stra member, and Fig. 5 is a detail of one of t e lock members.

'i Assho'wn in the drawings A represents the strap member of the seal carrying at its free ends cooperating stud and ca members 2 and 3. The .stud member 2 is a apted to be se- Y oured in one end of the strap in any suitable manner as by being flangeo mto an opemng aim the strap as shown in Fig. 2. The stud member is, as shown in 2, formed in its 'sides with outwardlyard downwardly extending spring tongues 5.

ported'in the other end of the strap is a downwardly tapered cap 6 carrying at its Suitably suplower endan IIIWiLIdl) extending annular flange ,7 constituting an o ening of suflici'e-nt size to receive the stud. "hen the free ends E Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed. November 17, 190& Serial No. $4 3,887.

OF ST. PAUL, MINN SUTA.

cAn-sEAL.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

of the strap are brought together the cap will pass downwardly over the stud forcing the spring tongues inward until the flange 7 passes below the tongues when the tongues will spring out as shown in Fig. 2 and engage with the inner face of the flange to hold the members looked together.

In Fig. 1 is shown the locked or closed position of the seal. When it is desired to open the seal thelstrap A can be broken-at the point where it is weakened by the opening 8. It will be evident that the seal cannot be used again nor can the end of the strap where broken be arranged so as to give it the appearance of being sealed, a there is no opening in connection with tie cap into -which it can-be forced.

Claim:

In-a seal .of the class described, the combination with a lockingstra of a single iece cap carried by one end-o said strap, an mwardly extending flange carried by the inner end of said cap and constituting a c-entnl opening therefor, a stud carried by the other end of said stra said stud being ada ted to pass throng and fit closely in sai opening, and outwardly directed spring tongues 5 carried b said stud and extending toward the inner end thereof in position said \flange when s'ai brought together.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in p esence of two witnesses. RUDOLPH C. PLEINS. Witnesses: v

H. S Jonxsox, HATTIE SMITH;

to stand inside said ca and to bear against cap and stud are 

